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if you look at the number of north africans in france, spain, and so on. certainly, increasing the strength of the euro- mediterranean partnership with regards to policy, human rights, rule of law, these types of issues would be better for both europe and north africa. europe has an interest in the fate of what happens in libya, tunisia, and someone because the rising economies in those countries, policies that respect human rights means less pressure on the populations to seek better lives and opportunities elsewhere which means migration to italy, france, spain, and so on. host: last call from santa maria, california. caller: we know who the american rebels were. i wish you to give me a name or two of these rebels that we are spending billions to support so we can back their statements and find out how many times have called for the destruction of israel or the united states. that is all i need. host: final thoughts on israel. guest: i think he is speaking about the libyan transitional council in benghazi. they have come to united states and europe and m
if you look at the number of north africans in france, spain, and so on. certainly, increasing the strength of the euro- mediterranean partnership with regards to policy, human rights, rule of law, these types of issues would be better for both europe and north africa. europe has an interest in the fate of what happens in libya, tunisia, and someone because the rising economies in those countries, policies that respect human rights means less pressure on the populations to seek better lives and...
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spain to us kwla that is about. guest: after the election when we got shalacked, we needed 25 seats to retake the majority. the branding is already stale. we have that election in new york. it is no longer the drive for 25, it is 24. that's the number of seats we need to retake the majority in the house of representatives, protect medicare, protect social security, make sure kids can afford to go to college. make sure there are enough cops on the street. protect homeland security. it will take 24 seats for us to do that. host: the people suggesting your job is tough all year. you are defending a smaller number of seats in play. guest: i will suggest to you this is not an easy job. i will say the data counters, the pundwits, have said the hurt l is the republican. they have to curtain -- they have to appeal to those incumbents. they grabbed the loudest fulcrom they could and said with all those governors they would pick up scores of seats, dozens of seats. it turns out it is fwg to be a wash. you don't have to take m
spain to us kwla that is about. guest: after the election when we got shalacked, we needed 25 seats to retake the majority. the branding is already stale. we have that election in new york. it is no longer the drive for 25, it is 24. that's the number of seats we need to retake the majority in the house of representatives, protect medicare, protect social security, make sure kids can afford to go to college. make sure there are enough cops on the street. protect homeland security. it will take...
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you an idea of some of the aa-rate countrie -- aa-rated countries, abu dhabi, chile, czech republic, spain, belgium. that is to give you an idea of some of these countries. saudi arabia, aa-minus as well. jamie in bethesda, maryland. caller: i want to ask a question caller: i want to ask a question about quantifying the impact on american debt, basically how a downgrade would impact the debt on the long-term. if you could answer that, there would be great. i think you said you cannot do that speculation. it seems like a lot of the callers are applying something, and this sort of relates to hedge fund companies. is there any benefit in an individual who owns treasuries or bonds in an entity to intentionally drive down the credit rating on the entity so they could benefit from the effects? could you speak about that a little bit? is it possible that there might be some sort of conspiracy? that seems to be what a lot of people are implying. guest: i am not familiar with those conspiracy theories. i think this is a huge market. if any single hedge fund or other groups manipulate this, and with
you an idea of some of the aa-rate countrie -- aa-rated countries, abu dhabi, chile, czech republic, spain, belgium. that is to give you an idea of some of these countries. saudi arabia, aa-minus as well. jamie in bethesda, maryland. caller: i want to ask a question caller: i want to ask a question about quantifying the impact on american debt, basically how a downgrade would impact the debt on the long-term. if you could answer that, there would be great. i think you said you cannot do that...
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futures are down amid fears about the global economy that concerns have spread beyond greece to italy and spain. the u.s. might fail to pay its debts to the first time in history of the republicans and democrats cannot agree to a deal by august 2. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> i think by any measure is an effective the competitive industry. >> we think there are too many structural barriers. >> tonight, the wireless association discuss a new sec report on the choices consumers are making on the wireless for -- a new fcc report on the taurus is consumers are making on the wireless internet. >> this is the mark -- largest not collection in the world. -- largest map collection in the world. >> we have over 8500 cases. >> the george washington papers have about 65,000 items. the thomas jefferson papers had about 27,000 items. >> c-span takes you behind the scenes of the like -- largest library in the world, the library of congress. >> "washington journal" continues. host: over these past three days, "washington journal" along with the hill newspaper have been examining
futures are down amid fears about the global economy that concerns have spread beyond greece to italy and spain. the u.s. might fail to pay its debts to the first time in history of the republicans and democrats cannot agree to a deal by august 2. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> i think by any measure is an effective the competitive industry. >> we think there are too many structural barriers. >> tonight, the wireless association discuss a new sec...
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where they want all the perks they can possibly get as long as they can, like greece and france and spain. do we want a crippled country unable to perform as to what we have seen in the past? instead of $200 billion in interest payments, that would go up to three times that. i remember when interest rates were beyond 12% or 15% and how in the world could we pay for the interest rates there? our standard of living would go down and we would not have a secure feeling that i would like to have. so that is my comment. host: let's look at another store in politics right now. representative waters seeks dismissal of conflict charges in the house. the former staff director of the house ethics committee accused the bill a top committee lawyers last year secretly communicating with republicans on a panel of regarding investigations into democratic representative waters and charles rangel, raising concerns on whether the long ranging inquiries were compromised by key staff members, according to internal committee documents obtained. is a balanced budget amendment necessary? joseph, from houston tx
where they want all the perks they can possibly get as long as they can, like greece and france and spain. do we want a crippled country unable to perform as to what we have seen in the past? instead of $200 billion in interest payments, that would go up to three times that. i remember when interest rates were beyond 12% or 15% and how in the world could we pay for the interest rates there? our standard of living would go down and we would not have a secure feeling that i would like to have. so...
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in both italy and spain, the market reactions to that. when you see investors start to react to the debt talks here if no deal is reached and they get closer and closer to august 2? guest: it is unclear because we have not been through this. but i applaud both sides of the republican leadership in the house and senate leadership, as well as the white house, to understand that this is something that needs to be negotiated earlier rather than later. as most things that happen in washington, it takes until the last moment to actually get a deal, whether we had that on the budget or the continuing resolution end funding. the one thing important is that the markets believe that there will be a deal. today to have seen mostly markets that have reacted with some interest but not a great deal of interest. there is a long lead time between now and august 2. i was going to say, but at the markets -- if we started to move the -- into the last week in july and there's still this back and forth and posturing between leaders of on capitol hill, and the
in both italy and spain, the market reactions to that. when you see investors start to react to the debt talks here if no deal is reached and they get closer and closer to august 2? guest: it is unclear because we have not been through this. but i applaud both sides of the republican leadership in the house and senate leadership, as well as the white house, to understand that this is something that needs to be negotiated earlier rather than later. as most things that happen in washington, it...
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pennsylvania students perform on par with students from spain and latvia and russia." how do international students fare with history? guest: the united states history tests we do or not replicated at the international level, but we are interested in learning more about how states are doing. in 2011, we completed an assessment of reading, math and science, and we will be linking that to the international assessment. we should have some very specific information about how it relates to that particular assessment. host: it means what? guest: national assessment of educational progress. host: a teacher in maryland. caller: thank you for taking my call. i taught history at a college and university level from 1959 to 1975. over that time, i found that those who set the curriculum, especially in the public school system, devalued history because of turf wars, probably. my grandson, who is going to college year, wanted to at -- who is going to college next year, wanted to major in history, but he also said that included psychology and sociology and political science. the coun
pennsylvania students perform on par with students from spain and latvia and russia." how do international students fare with history? guest: the united states history tests we do or not replicated at the international level, but we are interested in learning more about how states are doing. in 2011, we completed an assessment of reading, math and science, and we will be linking that to the international assessment. we should have some very specific information about how it relates to that...